E3

Community

Solutions

Lab

Solutions by Communities, for

Communities

3Es of Solution Design

• Educate – Capacity Building &

Knowledge Management

• Experiment – Planning &

Collaboration

• Engage – Action & Implementation

Session 1 - Open Data,TMMIS,GIS:

Making Data-driven Decisions 101

• What defines Open Data?

• Who benefits from its use?

• Where can Open Data be

found?

• How can it be used?

• When has Open Data been

used by

governments/businesses/r

esidents?

• Why should communities

produce and use Open

Data?

Session 2 - Design Thinking for Engaged Cities:

Inspiration, Ideation, & Implementation

• Design thinking is as an

analytical and creative process

that engages a person in

opportunities to experiment,

create and prototype models,

gather feedback, and redesign.

• “Design thinking is a system that

uses the designer's sensibility

and methods, to match people's

needs with what is

technologically feasible, and

what a viable business can

convert into consumer value and

market opportunity.” - Tim

Brown, IDEO

“Empathy is the centerpiece of a

human-centered design process.”

Hasso Platter, Institute of Design at

Stanford

Reclaim Your Space:

Community Asset Mapping & Place-making

• The community asset

mapping exercise will focus

on three themes: Live, Work

and Play

• Participants are encouraged

to use all forms of active

transport (walk, run, bike)

to explore and reclaim their

neighborhood.

• Participants will be asked to

take photos of existing

assets as well as unused and

underused spaces.

• Photos will be shared and

promoted via social media

for planning and digital

storytelling purposes.

Themes Urban Attributes

Work Employment

Financial Services

Education

Entrepreneurship

Affordability

PlayMusic

Film

Creative Arts

Fashion

Sports

Food & Nightlife

Travel

Public Space

Live

Diversity

Environment

Safety

Civic Engagement

Transit

Health

Digital Access

Ideas, Actions, Voices:

Community Improvement & Benefit Planning

Policy Standing

CommitteesTheme

Community

Development &

Recreation

Play

Parks & Environment Play

Economic

DevelopmentWork

Licensing & Standards Work

Planning & Growth

Management Live

Public Works and

InfrastructureLive

Workshop Activity Using the results of the asset map

activity, participants put into standing committees based on the existing City structure

Participants will be paired with City staff and design-thinking facilitators to create community benefit and improvement plans.

Community Improvement Plans (CIPs) - short-medium term community-led projects with agency support

Community Benefit Plans (CBPs) -long-term planning, community benefit agreements (CBAs) with multiple partnerships

PEOPLE & NUMBERS:

TOOLS FOR ADVOCACY & *THINK FAIR?

Presentation

The Province & The Feds

Lobbying and Facilitating

Ministries

Workshop

How to facilitate a meeting

Staying Connected (Social Media +

Civic Tech)

Case study generation and

development

Ideas & Suggestions

Resources

Toolkits/Reference Guides

Social Media Cheat Sheet

Infographics/Memes

Module templates

Relevant case studies

Platform for sharing best practices